Friday, July 13, 2012

SAVE OUR TOWN CENTRE – BRING BACK OUR POST OFFICE!

Campaign group Bridgwater Forward welcomed the news
that Post Office Ltd are holding a public consultation over the siting of
Bridgwater’s Post Office, but say that a public meeting with a regional network
manager is not enough.

Bridgwater Forward says that local MP Ian
Liddell-Grainger should meet with the head of Post Office Ltd to demand that
they replace our present Portakabin with a town centre, Crown Post Office. He
should also raise the matter in the House of Commons as a matter of urgency for
the town. We have lacked decent post office facilities for too long now.

Disgrace

Said Chair Sally Jones: “Our MP says what has happened to our post
office facilities is a disgrace, but what is he planning to DO about it?”

Bridgwater Forward was set up because the
destruction of the town’s swimming pool and the proposal to build a Tesco
Extra, threatens the viability of our town centre. Just as a giant Tesco will
draw trade away from our town centre shops, a town centre post office will
bring people into the town.

Not Good Enough

Said
Co-Chair Dave Chapple: “ We have seen far too many public consultations in
Bridgwater which result in people’s wishes being totally ignored. The loss of a
town centre post office and its effect on our town and its people should be
raised at the highest level possible. Post Office Ltd apparently want just the
cheap, safe option in Sainsbury’s. That is not good enough!”

The next
meeting of Bridgwater Forward is on Tuesday 24th July, 7.15pm, at
the Railway Club, Wellington Road, Bridgwater: All welcome!